Ixia - M&A Summary, Ownership, and Business Overview

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Ixia M&A Summary

Ixia has acquired 5 companies of its own. A total of 1 acquisition came from private equity firms.

Ixia’s largest acquisition to date was in 2013, when it acquired Net Optics for $190M. Ixia has acquired in 3 different US states. The Company’s most targeted sectors include information technology (100%).

Ixia Ownership

Who owns Ixia?

Ixia is owned by Keysight Technologies. It was acquired on January 30, 2017.

Ixia Business Overview

Where is Ixia headquartered?

Ixia is headquartered in Calabasas, California.

What is Ixia’s revenue?

Ixia disclosed revenue of 495M USD for 2016 and 517M USD for 2015.

How many employees does Ixia have?

Ixia has 1,727 employees.

What sector is Ixia in?

Ixia is an information technology company.

When was Ixia founded?

Ixia was founded in 1997.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity5
    • M&A Buy Activity5
  • Total Sectors Invested 1
  • Total Countries Invested 1
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 1
  • M&A Advisors 3

Ixia

26601 West Agoura Road,
Calabasas, California 91302
United States,
(818) 871-1800
www.ixiacom.com

Ixia provides testing, visibility, and security solutions, strengthening applications across physical and virtual networks for enterprises, service providers, and network equipment manufacturers. Ixia offers companies trusted environments in which to develop, deploy, and operate. Customers worldwide rely on Ixia to verify their designs, optimize their performance, and ensure protection of their networks to make their applications stronger.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.0/yr) # 5 - - - - - 5
vol $570M $570M
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  5

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Net Optics, Inc. 2013-10-29 190M USD Add-on Acquisition
Santa Clara, California · www.netoptics.com
BreakingPoint Systems, Inc. 2012-07-02 172M USD Add-on Acquisition
Austin, Texas
Anue Systems, Inc. 2012-05-07 145M USD Add-on Acquisition
Austin, Texas · www.anuesystems.com
VeriWave, Inc. 2011-06-27 - Add-on Acquisition
Beaverton, Oregon · www.veriwave.com
Catapult Communications Corporation 2009-05-11 63M USD Add-on Acquisition
Mountain View, California
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Information Technology 5 (100%) 570M (100%) - -
Total 5 $570M - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 5 570M - -
  Texas 2 317M - -
  California 2 253M - -
  Oregon 1 - - -
Total 5 $570M - -

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc.
 3
Thomas Weisel Partners
 1
Legal Deals
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
 3

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 3 $507M
< $100M 1 $63M
TOTAL $570M
Largest Net Optics, Inc.
$190M (2013-10-29)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
20%
1 (20%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Information Technology

Revenue

495   5% 2016
517   12% 2015
464   1% 2014
467   14% 2013
413   2012
(millions of USD) Show More Show Less

Employees

1,727

Established

1997

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